ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,164, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Methods of forming microelectronic devices, and related microelectronic devices and electronic systems" was invented by Fatma Arzum Simsek-Ege (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microelectronic device is disclosed including a control logic structure that includes sense amplifiers clustered around sense amplifier exit regions; an upper memory array structure underlying the control logic structure and that includes memory cells coupled to some of the sense amplifiers of the control logic structure by way of routing extending through the sense am...